Maria Paula Mijares Torres

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Trump orders new immigration curbs as FBI probes guard shooting

By Josh Wingrove, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 31: People detained earlier in the day are taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on October 31, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Gregory Bovino was part of the caravan of federal officers making the arrests amid President Donald Trump’s administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” an ongoing immigration enforcement surge across the Chicago region. (Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)

Trump says immigration raid efforts ‘haven’t gone far enough’

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – JULY 23: Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Google parent company Alphabet reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings with revenue of $96.43 billion compared to analyst expectations of $94 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Tech companies warn H-1B visa holders to avoid foreign travel

By Georgia Hall, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: The flag atop the White House is lowered to half-staff following US President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social that political activist Charlie Kirk had died on September 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kirk, who was a close ally of President Trump and the founder of the conservative youth group Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

White House wants $58 million security boost after Kirk shooting

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Gregory Korte, and others

UNITED STATES – JANUARY 16: William Beach, director of the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation, speaks at a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Charles Schumer, Democratic U.S. senator from New York and chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, said at the hearing that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is “generally supportive” of fiscal measures to stimulate the economy. (Photo by Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Catherine Lucey, and others

Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University on April 14, 2025, in New York City. An immigration judge ruled on April 11 that Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian student protester from Columbia University and a US permanent resident detained by the Trump administration, can be deported, his lawyer said. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Columbia may be nearing a truce with Trump in funding fight

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

Trump says there’s a buyer for TikTok but he won’t provide name

By Hadriana Lowenkron, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Bessent not worried about market, calls corrections healthy

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg

Donald Trump speaks into microphone

Trump says economic growth would cover $4.6 trillion price tag for tax cuts

By Sarah McGregor, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others

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Personal Finance

Unemployment claims hit 8-month high in sign of a cooling labor market

By Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Olivia Rockeman, and others